NHL - Playoffs - NY Rangers @ Pittsburgh Penguins 3-6 - Saturday, April 23, 2016 - Game 5 - Pens Win Series 4-1 - Oh Yeah bay, Part 7!!

The Pittsburgh Penguins kept history from repeating itself. A second-period surge gave the Penguins a 6-3, Game 5 win against the New York Rangers that ended their Eastern Conference First Round series at Consol Energy Center on Saturday. After losing to New York in each of the past two Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Penguins won three straight games to eliminate the Rangers 4-1.
New York's loss kept them from becoming the first NHL team to win a best-of-7 series after trailing 3-1 in three consecutive postseasons. The Rangers trailed the Penguins 3-1 in the Eastern Conference Second Round two years ago and the Washington Capitals last year before winning those series.
Pittsburgh will play either the Capitals or Philadelphia Flyers in the Eastern Conference Second Round. Washington leads that best-of-7 series 3-2 with Game 6 on Sunday.
Bryan Rust gave the Penguins their first lead, 3-2, 5:21 into the second period. Trevor Daley sent a slap pass to Rust to the right of the New York net, allowing him to shoot past goalie Henrik Lundqvist. Matt Cullen extended the lead to 4-2 with his second goal of the series after Rust fought Derick Brassard off the puck as they glided through the New York zone. Cullen trailed, gathered the puck and shot by Lundqvist's glove 9:26 into the second.
Rookie forward Conor Sheary and Rust scored the Penguins' third and fourth goals of the period to push their lead to 6-2. Rust had three points after taking a maintenance day during Pittsburgh's practice Friday.

Rangers goalie Antti Raanta replaced Lundqvist to start the third period. Lundqvist allowed a combined 10 goals on 41 shots in the past two games and was pulled in each. He allowed at least four goals in six of his past 16 appearances. New York forward Chris Kreider scored a power-play goal 5:38 into the third period to make it 6-3.
Penguins rookie Matt Murray made 38 saves to win his third consecutive start in the playoffs. Murray has won 10 straight since losing 3-2 to the Capitals on March 1. The Rangers and Penguins each scored twice in the first period.
New York forward Rick Nash made it 1-0 when he deflected Dan Girardi's slap shot past Murray 1:02 into the game. Murray got a piece of the shot but let it slip under his right arm for Nash's second goal of the series. Carl Hagelin tied the game 1-1 when he drove to the crease to receive a pass from Phil Kessel and shot past Lundqvist's left pad with 10:10 remaining.
Dominic Moore gave the Rangers a 2-1 lead 45 seconds later. After Viktor Stalberg shot off the right post, the puck bounced through the Pittsburgh crease and past defenseman Kris Letang. Patric Hornqvist kicked the puck back toward Murray and it hit off Moore's leg before entering the net with 9:25 left.
Pittsburgh answered after New York rookie defenseman Brady Skjei was called for boarding seven seconds after the faceoff. Sidney Crosby sent Kessel into the Rangers zone, where he took a snap shot from the right circle over Lundqvist's blocker for his third goal of the series and a 2-2 tie with 8:21 remaining.

Pens Quotes

Mike Sullivan: "We certainly didn't want to have to go back to New York for Game 6. I think when you have teams at that elimination point, you want to do your best to take care of business right then and there. We did speak about that with our group."
Sidney Crosby: "[Kessel] can change a game with one shot. He's the type of guy that doesn't need a lot of time to get a shot off … he's really dangerous. We talk about the playoffs and it's a matter of inches sometimes. When he's able to get space and capitalize on chances he gets the way he does, he can change a game."


"You have to give credit where credit is due. Pittsburgh, coming into this, they were playing really well. They're on top of their game right now. … They're a really good team." New York coach Alain Vigneault said.

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Nashville @ Anaheim 2-5 - Sucks Lead Series 3-2
Sami Vatanen scored the game-winning goal early in the third period, and Frederik Andersen made 26 saves to help the Anaheim Ducks to a 5-2 victory against the Nashville Predators in Game 5 of the Western Conference First Round at Honda Center on Saturday. It was the first game won by the home team in the series. David Perron, Ryan Garbutt, Cam Fowler and Ryan Kesler scored for the Ducks, who have won three in a row and lead the best-of-7 series 3-2. Game 6 is at Bridgestone Arena on Monday. Perron scored 22 seconds after Ryan Johansen gave the Predators a 1-0 lead at 14:13 of the second period.
It was the first goal of the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs for Perron and Johansen.
Garbutt scored his first goal of the 2016 playoffs at 16:23 to put the Ducks ahead to stay. Andersen has allowed three goals on 87 shots in three starts, all wins, since taking over for John Gibson, who started Games 1 and 2. The Predators have been unable to solve Andersen or the Ducks penalty kill, which is 14-for-14 in the past three games. Miikka Salomaki also scored for Nashville, and Pekka Rinne made 27 saves. Johansen opened the scoring when he sent a sharp-angled backhand high into the Anaheim net for a 1-0 Nashville lead. Perron’s point shot went off Predators defenseman Roman Josi’s skate and over an outstretched Rinne at 14:35 to tie it. Garbutt stuffed the puck in past Rinne after winning a puck battle on the forecheck. Ryan Getzlaf and Perron had the assists. Vatanen made it 3-1 at 8:34 of the third period. After his hooking penalty expired, Vatanen came out of the box and took a feed from Jakob Silfverberg, went in on a breakaway and beat Rinne. Salomaki cut the Anaheim lead to 3-2 with 6:31 left when he scored off a rebound from a Weber slap shot.
Fowler restored the Ducks’ two-goal lead when he scored a power-play goal with a slap shot from the point with 3:23 remaining after taking a pass from Vatanen. It was Anaheim’s second power-play goal of the series and first since Game 1. Kesler scored into an empty net with 1:46 left. Anaheim is 6-0 in Game 5 dating to the 2013 postseason. On the brink of elimination, the Predators are trying to recapture what it was that helped them win the first two games of the series. They’re holding on to the notion that the series can change with a single bounce.